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Church sex abuse revelations are unwelcome distraction as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Tool or distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media

The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey of faith and repentance. For some, that journey is a literal ...
The Christian Century

Repenting for sexual abuse isn't a distraction from the church's work

Charges of sexual misconduct this summer toppled the ministries of two towering church leaders in two very different segments of Christianity. Bill Hybels, founder and longtime pastor of Willow Creek ...
Houston Chronicle

Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media

(THE CONVERSATION) The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey of faith and repentance. For some, that ...
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Church sex abuse revelations are unwelcome distraction as Pope visits scandal-hit Portugal

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the ...